Feeling Tired? Caffeinated Baked Goods Are Now a Thing

If you don't love coffee, but you still need a little "oomph" to start your day, here's some good news: According to Eater, Dr. Daniel Perlman of Brandeis University has created a "coffee flour" that can be incorporated into baked goods like muffins or little cakes. So you may soon be able to skip that cup of joe, and dig into a delectable (and caffeinated) muffin that will give you the energy you need to survive Monday mornings.

"This flour contains 2.5% caffeine by weight, so if you were to put 4 grams of this into, say, a breakfast muffin, it would be the equivalent of drinking a cup of coffee," Perlman told Eater.

And unlike the effects of drinking a mug of coffee, eating caffeinated baked goods won't give you that jittery feeling.

"I would expect it to be absorbed a little more gradually than the caffeine in a cup of coffee," Perlman said, "So [it would offer] a more sustained release and longer-term stimulation than you get when you drink a cup or two of coffee." Coffee flour also contains chlorogenic acid, an antioxidant often destroyed during coffee roasting.

So thank you Perlman, for saving us money on those pricey Starbucks lattes and giving us an excuse to sink our teeth into a steamy blueberry muffin instead.

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